Zayed came to his dream city, Delhi, to escape abject poverty and a not-too-good relationship with his abusive father. He thought he had found his moorings when he joined a prestigious University for higher education. But there were people around him who wanted him to believe, dress and talk in a certain way. He came to realise that ascetic teachings were the way to go. But that turned out to be an error, an error that was too late for him to turn around. In pursuit of his dreams to attain higher education, Zayed reaches Turkey. However, the trap around him keeps closing in. Zayed finds himself caught in the crossfire into two warring groups-one in favour of the ruling dispensation and the other fighting it. Despite his several attempts to escape the trap, Zayed ends up with the accusation of being with the radicals.
In his first fiction work, author Kashif Hasan Khan lays bare the choices that are there today before a Muslim youth, as those at the helm of their communities leave them virtually with no choice to lead a life independent of dogmas.
Kashif Hasan Khan is Director Silk Road Research Center, Ala-Too International University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He has worked in a University in Turkey as an Assistant Professor, and has been an International Business Consultant in the Philippines. He has widely traveled the world and is fluent in English, Turkish, Russian, Arabic and Hindi/ Urdu language. Kashif has authored several articles and books on Central Asia and India. He lives in Bishkek with his wife and a son.
My father wanted me to get an MBA after graduation in 2006 as the demand for MBA professional courses were quite high in those days, but I was uninterested in that. I rather wanted to do something less hectic, allowing me to read more in the local libraries. So, I decided to get admission in an ordinary master degree in commerce and began dreaming about getting a PhD in Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi as I had learned that PhD students were given Rs 5000 (65 $) scholarship per month and free access to an air conditioned library that was open for 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week.
Those days were very tough for me; it was difficult for me to survive on my Rs 2000 (27 $) from home tuitions I used to do every day. Some times even walking down the narrow streets of Okhla in 50-degree heat on an empty stomach was very challenging. So, my PhD at Jamia provided me financial relaxation and the opportunity to read and discover more. I made many good friends while there, including friends in every department. We sat together every evening discussing a wide variety of topics, but the center of the discussion was always Islam.
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